Glenda Cedarleaf Author, Hypnotherapist, Meditations for Sleep, Relaxation, Healing, Manage Stress, Prepare for Surgery, Pain Management
  • About
    • Bio
    • from fellow colleagues
    • Contact
  • Resources
    • Books by Glenda >
      • A Guide for Writing and Recording Guided Imagery Book
      • Who Are You Santa Lucia?
      • Meditative Bedtime Stories
    • Course
    • For Fellow Healers
    • End of Life Support
    • What is SoulCollage®? >
      • SoulCollage Meditations
    • Why Listen To Bedtime Stories?
    • What is Hypnotherapy?
    • Hypnotherapy for Trauma : A Case Study
    • Creating a Daily Healing Practice with Guided Meditation
    • How Guided Imagery Supports Habit Change
    • Guided Imagery for Surgery Preparation
    • Guided Imagery Stories
    • Research on Guided Imagery
    • How to Create and Use Empowering Affirmations
  • Library
    • Divine Feminine Meditations
    • Meditations to Calm Anxiety >
      • Belly Breathing
      • Blissful Bathtub Meditation
      • Calming Mountain Mindfulness
      • Circle of Support
      • Creating an Intention
      • Guardian Meditation
      • Heartbeat MeditationListenClips
      • Holiday Stress Relief
      • Intro to Relaxation
      • Progressive Relaxation
      • Your Peaceful Interlude
    • Mindful Soothing Claire Bedtime Stories >
      • Bedtime Story Sleep Journey
      • Bedtime Story: New Day
      • Bedtime Story: Claire and the SageWoman
      • Bedtime Story Claire & Sisters of Assisi
      • Bedtime Story: Claire's Grandmother Love
      • Bedtime Story: Claire's Spring Inspiration
      • Bedtime Story: Claire's Magical Summer Day
      • Bedtime Story: Claire's Autumn Day
      • Bedtime Story: Claire's Winter Day
      • Bedtime Story: Claire's Winter Solstice Dream
      • Inner Child Magical Journey
    • Soothing Classic Sleep Stories
    • Meditations for Letting Go, Grief, Dying Process >
      • Ebb & Flow: Breathing with the Ocean
      • Guided Imagery for Letting Go
      • Grieving With The Rain
      • Peaceful Transition
      • Sacred Flute: Med for Letting Go
      • Shower of Hope
      • Wash Away
    • Morning Meditations >
      • Mindful Morning Meditation
      • Morning Courage: Medittation/Affirmations
      • Morning Divine Reassurance
      • Morning Hope In Nature
      • Morning Infusion: Come Rise Up Again
    • Health and Healing Meditations >
      • Beginning Again
      • Journey Through the Chakras
      • Freedom from Emotional Eating
      • Healing Surgery
      • Inner Healer Alchemy
      • Inspired Movement: Becoming Unstuck
      • Mindful Eating and Self-Care Affirmations
      • Transforming Pain and Discomfort
      • When you are hurting:Inner Child Alchemy
      • Your Healing Journey
    • Guided Visualizations to Healing Places >
      • Finding Your Healing Place
      • LakeHouse Meditation
      • Mermaid Magic Meditation
      • Midsommar Meditation with Summer Sounds
      • Ocean of Reiki Love
      • Ocean Mindfulness
      • River of Relaxation
    • Inner Child and Creativity Meditations >
      • Imagery to Meet your Magical Child
      • InnerChild Healing Resources
      • Creativity
      • When you are hurting:Inner Child Alchemy
    • Soothing Sleep Meditations for Insomnia
    • Meditations for Spiritual Support >
      • Connecting with Your Guardian Angel
      • Connecting with Your Wise Woman
      • Connecting with Animal Companion
      • Divine Embrace
      • Divine Feminine Blessings
      • Evening Bedtime Reading
      • Gratitude Meditation
      • Great Spirit Invocation
      • Letting Go Into the Lightness of Your Being
      • Portal of Transformation
      • Remember Who I Am
    • Healing Imagery for Lyme Disease
    • Meditation for Osteoporosis
  • Customized Audio
  • Listen Everywhere
  • About
    • Bio
    • from fellow colleagues
    • Contact
  • Resources
    • Books by Glenda >
      • A Guide for Writing and Recording Guided Imagery Book
      • Who Are You Santa Lucia?
      • Meditative Bedtime Stories
    • Course
    • For Fellow Healers
    • End of Life Support
    • What is SoulCollage®? >
      • SoulCollage Meditations
    • Why Listen To Bedtime Stories?
    • What is Hypnotherapy?
    • Hypnotherapy for Trauma : A Case Study
    • Creating a Daily Healing Practice with Guided Meditation
    • How Guided Imagery Supports Habit Change
    • Guided Imagery for Surgery Preparation
    • Guided Imagery Stories
    • Research on Guided Imagery
    • How to Create and Use Empowering Affirmations
  • Library
    • Divine Feminine Meditations
    • Meditations to Calm Anxiety >
      • Belly Breathing
      • Blissful Bathtub Meditation
      • Calming Mountain Mindfulness
      • Circle of Support
      • Creating an Intention
      • Guardian Meditation
      • Heartbeat MeditationListenClips
      • Holiday Stress Relief
      • Intro to Relaxation
      • Progressive Relaxation
      • Your Peaceful Interlude
    • Mindful Soothing Claire Bedtime Stories >
      • Bedtime Story Sleep Journey
      • Bedtime Story: New Day
      • Bedtime Story: Claire and the SageWoman
      • Bedtime Story Claire & Sisters of Assisi
      • Bedtime Story: Claire's Grandmother Love
      • Bedtime Story: Claire's Spring Inspiration
      • Bedtime Story: Claire's Magical Summer Day
      • Bedtime Story: Claire's Autumn Day
      • Bedtime Story: Claire's Winter Day
      • Bedtime Story: Claire's Winter Solstice Dream
      • Inner Child Magical Journey
    • Soothing Classic Sleep Stories
    • Meditations for Letting Go, Grief, Dying Process >
      • Ebb & Flow: Breathing with the Ocean
      • Guided Imagery for Letting Go
      • Grieving With The Rain
      • Peaceful Transition
      • Sacred Flute: Med for Letting Go
      • Shower of Hope
      • Wash Away
    • Morning Meditations >
      • Mindful Morning Meditation
      • Morning Courage: Medittation/Affirmations
      • Morning Divine Reassurance
      • Morning Hope In Nature
      • Morning Infusion: Come Rise Up Again
    • Health and Healing Meditations >
      • Beginning Again
      • Journey Through the Chakras
      • Freedom from Emotional Eating
      • Healing Surgery
      • Inner Healer Alchemy
      • Inspired Movement: Becoming Unstuck
      • Mindful Eating and Self-Care Affirmations
      • Transforming Pain and Discomfort
      • When you are hurting:Inner Child Alchemy
      • Your Healing Journey
    • Guided Visualizations to Healing Places >
      • Finding Your Healing Place
      • LakeHouse Meditation
      • Mermaid Magic Meditation
      • Midsommar Meditation with Summer Sounds
      • Ocean of Reiki Love
      • Ocean Mindfulness
      • River of Relaxation
    • Inner Child and Creativity Meditations >
      • Imagery to Meet your Magical Child
      • InnerChild Healing Resources
      • Creativity
      • When you are hurting:Inner Child Alchemy
    • Soothing Sleep Meditations for Insomnia
    • Meditations for Spiritual Support >
      • Connecting with Your Guardian Angel
      • Connecting with Your Wise Woman
      • Connecting with Animal Companion
      • Divine Embrace
      • Divine Feminine Blessings
      • Evening Bedtime Reading
      • Gratitude Meditation
      • Great Spirit Invocation
      • Letting Go Into the Lightness of Your Being
      • Portal of Transformation
      • Remember Who I Am
    • Healing Imagery for Lyme Disease
    • Meditation for Osteoporosis
  • Customized Audio
  • Listen Everywhere
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Glenda began her training in Hypnotherapy with the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioural Medicine in 1994.  She trained with the Wellness Institute in November 2000 and is a HeartCentered Hypnotherapist.
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Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy is a comprehensive, experiential approach that combines hypnosis with established therapeutic methods to support deep emotional healing and personal growth. For more than 25 years, this training has been used by psychotherapists and healthcare professionals worldwide.
The program emphasizes both practical experience and clinical understanding, allowing practitioners to experience many of the same personal insights and growth they help facilitate in their clients. Its foundation integrates elements of humanistic, transpersonal, Gestalt, and family systems psychology, along with hypnotherapy and meditation practices.
​Hypnosis vs. Hypnotherapy
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While the terms are often used interchangeably, hypnosis and hypnotherapy are not the same.
Hypnosis is a state of focused relaxation that allows a person to become more receptive to positive suggestions. It can be helpful for addressing habits, reducing stress, or supporting behavior change. However, suggestion-based changes may sometimes be temporary if the underlying cause of the issue remains unresolved.
Hypnotherapy combines hypnosis with therapeutic techniques to explore and address the deeper patterns, beliefs, emotions, and experiences that contribute to unwanted behaviors or challenges. Rather than focusing only on symptoms, hypnotherapy aims to uncover and resolve the root causes of the issue.
A simple analogy is that hypnosis can be like trimming a weed at the surface, while hypnotherapy works to remove the root. By addressing underlying emotional and subconscious patterns, hypnotherapy can support deeper, more lasting change.
Hypnotherapy may help with issues such as anxiety, stress, unwanted habits, emotional blocks, self-confidence, and personal growth. In a relaxed state, clients are often more open to new perspectives, healthier thought patterns, and positive change.
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